Nomenclature Model Agricultural Core Curriculum: Supplement University of California, Davis 225.T 1 Classification of the Horse Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded, live young suckled by dam.) Order: Perissodactyla (non-ruminant, hoofed mammals) Family: Equidae Genus: Equus (horses, asses, and zebras) Species: caballus (longer mane and tail, larger hoofs, more arched neck, smaller head, shorter ears)
Nomenclature Model Agricultural Core Curriculum: Supplement University of California, Davis 225.T 2 Classification of Cattle Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded, live young suckled by dam.) Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed, hoofed mammals) Family: Bovidae (ruminants with poly-cotyledonary placenta) Genus: Bos (ruminant quadrupeds with horns, etc..) Species: taurus (European) & inducus (humped cattle)
Nomenclature Model Agricultural Core Curriculum: Supplement University of California, Davis 225.T 3 Classification of the Sheep Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded, live young suckled by dam.) Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed, hoofed mammals) Family: Bovidae (ruminants with poly-cotyledonary placenta) Genus: Ovis (Horns: lateral spiral) Species: aries (domesticated sheep)
Nomenclature Model Agricultural Core Curriculum: Supplement University of California, Davis 225.T 4 Classification of Swine Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Mammalia (warm-blooded, live young suckled by dam.) Order: Artiodactyla (even-toed, hoofed mammals) Family: Suidae (non-ruminant, wild and domestic) Genus: Sus (European wild boar, domestic breeds) Species: scrofa (European) & vittatus (East Indian)
Nomenclature Model Agricultural Core Curriculum: Supplement University of California, Davis 225.T 5 Classification of the Chicken Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Phasianidae Genus: Gallus Species: domesticus
Nomenclature Model Agricultural Core Curriculum: Supplement University of California, Davis 225.T 6 Classification of the Turkey Kingdom: Animalia (animals collectively) Phylum: Chordata (animals with a backbone) Class: Aves Order: Galliformes Family: Meleagrididae Genus: Meleagris Species: gallopavo